This article by Erin Braatz and Susan Sered appeared in CommonWealth Journal, Jan. 16, 2021. It is the first in a series of projects by […]
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Debunking the Myth of Gender-Responsive Treatment in Prison
This series of posts explores whether involuntary confinement and incarceration constitute appropriate responses to the challenges faced by women involved with the criminal justice system. […]
Beyond Recidivism and Desistance
This post is part 3 of a 3 part series. Part 1: Recidivism: Is It a Real Thing? Part 2: Desistance from Crime: Is It […]
Desistance from Crime: Is It a Real Thing?
This post is is the 2nd in a 3 part series: Part 1: Recidivism: Is It a Real Thing? Part 3: Beyond Recidivism and Desistance […]
Recidivism: Is It a Real Thing?
This post is is the 1st in a 3 part series: Part 2: Desistance from Crime: Is It a Real Thing? Part 3: Beyond Recidivism […]
Insult to Injury: Disabled Rights in the Covid Era
July is Disability Pride Month For months now, we’ve become accustomed to hearing about old folks, African Americans, immigrant workers in meat packing plants, prisoners […]
Household Goods: The Case for Health Care Reform
My brilliant, beautiful and generous twenty-nine year old daughter shares an apartment in New York City with three other wonderful young women. All are college […]
Bubbling Up: Promoting Communities of Care in the COVID Era
Throughout the COVID quarantine, while many Americans remain isolated in their own homes, others are creating ‘pandemic pods’ or ‘social bubbles’ together with additional households […]
“I’VE BEEN THROUGH WORSE”: FEELING “NORMAL” IN THE COVID ERA
COVID-19 and associated social distancing rules are exacerbating pre-existing inequalities: We know, for example, that low-income Americans and people of color are disproportionately exposed to […]
(NOT) SAFE AT HOME
Guest Post by Grace Fogarty IN THE BEGINNING . . . The week of March 16th, when COVID-19 first emerged as an urgent threat to […]
Why ‘Waging War’ on Coronavirus is a Dangerous Metaphor
“We’re at war with the virus.” (Pres. Candidate and Former Vice-Pres. Joe Biden) “I view it — in a sense as a wartime president.” (Pres. […]
Social Values and the Rationing of Health Care
Update: According to the April 7, 2020 Boston Globe, “State officials asked a small number of physicians and bioethicists from hospitals across Massachusetts to develop […]